Sprinkling-wagon.



PATENT-ED JAN; 29, 1907.

0. M. HAESKE. SPRINKLING WAGON.

APPLICATION FILED FEB,7.1906.

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CHARLES M. HAESKE, OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.

SPRlNKLlNG-WAGON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented James, 1907.

A li ti fil d February 7, 1906. Serial No. 299.932.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLEsM. HAEsKE, a citizen of the United States,residing at South Bend, in the county of St. Joseph and State ofIndiana, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in sprinkling-Wagons,of

which the following is a specification.

My present invention comprises certain new and useful lmprovements intrucks for spr1nklerwagons, and has partlcular relationtosprinkler-trucks for use in connection with sprinkler-wagons in. whichthe sprinklingheads are carried at each corner of the rear of the wagon.Y

The principal object is to provide a truck with means by which thesprinklers will be rigidly held in the desired position at therear ofthe wagon and yet be capable of being readily removed therefrom and,further, to:

provide a construction of supporting 'means which will be capable ofsupporting the various kinds of sprinklers now in use.

With this and other objects in view the invention comprises certaindetails of construction and combination of parts described-. in thefollowing specification, pointed out in the claims, and illustrated inthe annexed drawmgs.

tion of a sprinkler-wagon, the wheels on the near side thereof beingremoved. Fig. 2 IS a rear elevation showing different styles ofsprinklerscarried by the truck. Fig. 3 is a detail view of one of thesupporting-bars.

In sprinkling-wagons the sprinklers more forms of sprinklers. This,while not only materially adding to the initial cost of thesprinkling-wagon, also necessitates the expenditure of considerable timeand labor in changing the trucks when it is desiredto changethesprinklers.

In the practical use of sprinkling wagonstrucks.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevathe sprinklersisof suchconstruction that similar sprinklers may be carried thereby orsprinklers of different kinds carried on each side, .said sprinklersbeing so held by the truck that while when in position they will be heldin rigid relation to thetruck, yet they are capable of being readilyremoved therefrom.

The general form of sprinkling-wagon shown in the accompanying drawingsis of the usual form, comprising the front shortturning truck and therear or sprinkling truck, and in the present invention I connect thesetwo trucks by means of the two inverted-T-shaped side rails A, uponwhich the water-tank is supported. By making these side rails of aninvented-T shape it will be seen that I have provided an inner and anouter horizontal flange andalso a vertical flange, thus providingefficient means of attachment to the tank and also to the wagon- Thesaid side rails A are extended beyondthe rear of the water-tank, and ata point beneath the rearend of the water-tank 5a cross-bar B is securedto the under side of the side rails. This cross-barB extends out beyondthe side rails A, and its ends are secured to and carried by the freeends of the rear springs C.

D D designate two supporting-bars for the sprinkler-heads. These barscomprise the upper and lower horizontal portions d d and an inclinedrearwardly-extending portion (1 The shape of'these bars is shown indetail in Fig. 3. The upper horizontal portion (1 of these bars isextended across the crossbar B from the rear thereof, and the length ofsuch upper horizontal portion is such that it will extend-over thecross-bar a short distance. The ends of these extended portions arethickened and bifurcated, as at (i and a lateral opening is made throughthe said bifurcated-portion. This upper horizontal por tion of the bar Dis securely attached to the said cross-bar B by means of bolts or othersuitable securing means. The rearwardlyextending inclined portion d ofthese bars terminates in the lower horizontal portion (1, said lowerhorizontal portion extending in the same direction as the upperhorizontal portion, and the ends of this lower horizontal portion arealso thickened and bifurcated, as at d, in amanner similar to the upperhorizontal portion.

In the drawings I have shown the sprinklertruck provided with a Niagaraand a verticalspray sprinkler, and these sprinklers are arranged,respectively, on the right and left sides of the truck. As is well known,in these types of sprinklers the water-supply is regulated by means ofa piston operated from the drivers seat by means of lever mechanism, asis also the amount of water sprinkled. These sprinklers are usuallyattached to the heads by bolts, and in the accompanying drawings I haveillustrated the usual type of sprinkler-heads, as at E, and in mypresent invention I provide these heads E with a thickened base portion6, provided with boltholes, to which the lower horizontal portion cl ofthe bar D is bolted.

The piston-rods of the sprinkler-heads I have designated as 1, and theouter ends of these piston-rods have a pivotal engagement with the lowerend of a vertically-arranged rod 2, the upper end of said rod 2 beingpivoted within the bifurcated portion (1 of the upper horizontal portion(1 of the bar D. A rod or bar 3 has one end attached to said rod 2 at apoint slightly below the center thereof, the other end of said rod 3being connected with suitable lever mechanism at the front of the wagon.

In the practical use of the Niagara sprinkler the spray is regulated bymeans of a collar, and to operate this collar a system of levers is usedconsisting of a vertically-arranged bar 4, which is pivoted at a pointabove its center to the lower horizontal portion cl of the bar D withinthe bifurcated arms, the upper end of this bar 4 being attached to thesaid rod 2 by means of a lever 5. The lower end of I said bar 4 isattached to the collar of the iprinkler by means of a horizontal rod orIn the vertical-spray sprinkler the amount of spread of water sprayed isregulated by means of a rotary slide or shield, and the mechanism whichoperates this slide or shield comprises a rod 7, connected with rotatingmechanism at the front of the wagon. This rod 7 is mounted in suitablebearings, and its rear end extends across and is supported by the end ofthe cross-bar B. Depending from the end of this rod 7 is a bar 8, andpivotally attached to the end of this depending bar 8 is a curved bar 9,having a pivotal engagement with the shield or slide of the sprinkler.

11 designates brace-rods, which are secured to and extend from theforward ends of the lower horizontal portions (1 of the bars D to theside rails A. These rods may be otherwise secured. The purpose of thesebrace-rods is to steady the entire construction and hold thesupporting-bars D firmly in position with reference to the remainder ofthe truck.

From the foregoing description it will be I seen that by means of thepeculiar form of the bars D, combined with the cross-bar B and thethickened base portions e of the sprinklerheads, a construction isprovided which afprising upper and lower horizontal portions and anintermediate inclined portion, the ends of said horizontal portionsbeing bifurcated; sprinkler-heads provided with a thickened portion towhich the lower horizontal portion of the supporting-bar is attached; avertical lever having its upper end pivoted within the upper horizontalportion of the supportingarm and its lower end pivoted to thesprinkler-piston and an operating-rod connected to said vertical rod.

2. In a sprinkler-truck, a pair of supporting-bars located at eachcorner of the rear end, said supporting-bars comprising upper and lowerhorizontal portions and an intermediate portion, the ends of said upperand lower horizontal portions being provided with means whereby they mayhave a pivotal engagement with and form supports for the lever mechanismof sprinkler-heads.

3. In a sprinkler-truck, a pair of supporting-bars located at eachcorner of the rear end, said supporting-bars comprising upper and lowerhorizontal portions and an intermediate rearwardly inclined portion, theends of said upper and lower horizontal portions being thickened andbifurcated to form arms whereby they may have a pivotal engagement withand form supports for the lever mechanism of sprinkler-heads.

4. In a sprinkler-truck, side rails of an inverted-T shape; a cross-barattached to the under side of said side bars, the under side of saidcross-bar being attached to the free ends of the rear springs of thetruck a pair of supporting-bars having their upper portions extendingacross the said cross-bar adjacent to each end thereof, saidsupporting-bars after crossing the side bar being extended rearwardlyand downwardly and terminating in a forwardly-projecting horizontalportion, the ends of each of said upper and lower portion of thesupporting-bars being formed to have a pivotal engagement with levermechanism,

and sprinkler-heads having a thickened portion adapted to be attached tothe lower horizontal portion of said supporting-bars.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two subscribingwitnesses.

CHARLES M. HAESKE.

Witnesses:

S. E. BABoooK, L. E. KLINGHAMMER.

